HP Parades Wireless Bracelets October 10, 2006

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The future is wireless according to the boffins at HP which is why the company is branching off into jewellery and accessories. OK, not really, but what else can you call the wearable wireless hub, above.

Looking like something Wonder Woman would kick your ass for, this hub will handle all your connectivity requirements and all devices would kneel down before the hub. Users would create a personal area network and support for all networks, from 3G to Wi-Fi would be supported within the hub, allowing devices to switch between available networks seamlessly.

Of course, the word ‘seamlessly’ versus the reality of ‘seamlessly’ are two different things. Still, not a bad idea.

HP showed off a lot more besides: jump now for details and piccies.-Martin Lynch

There’s a Digital Wallet which houses a cheque-book sized screen for viewing financial transactions, a benby portable screen that can be laid out anywhere for surfing the Net and gaming, a wireless coffee table with screen and input device, and an ultra-thin notebook with no hard drive since all your data will be held on the network and accessed by the wireless hub on your wrist. Phew.-Martin Lynch

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